Steve Wozniak was
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"Sin City" director Robert Rodriguez has been slapped with an $11
million lawsuit claiming that he bullied Apple co-founder Steve
Wozniak, in order to scuttle a film and associated app game
featuring actor Danny Trejo, because the film and game would have
taken attention away from his upcoming film, "Machete Kills."

In the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Southern Utah,
ITN Flix claims that it entered into an agreement with Trejo --
who frequently appears in Rodriguez's films, including "Machete
Kills" -- for the actor to star in a series of vigilante films.

In order to generate additional
publicity and revenue for the films, ITN says it entered into an
agreement with gaming company react games to create a game
app.

The suit claims that, thanks to an associate producer on the film
project who was also a business associate of Wozniak's, the
former Apple honcho agreed participate in the app, leading to the
game "Danny Trejo's Vengeance: Woz With a Coz."

The suit clams that the game, which was due for a November 2012
release, would have generated about $5 million in sales monthly.

However, according to ITN's
complaint, Rodriguez -- fearful that another film starring Trejo
would detract from "Machete Kills" -- "set in motion a plan to
diminish ITN's reputation and stifle the success of the Film and
the App Game."

That plan, the suit claims, included Rodriguez using "his means,
connections and influence to threaten, intimidate and bully
Wozniak into pulling support of the game."

According to the suit, Trejo's agent, Gloria Hinojosa -- also
named as a defendant in the suit -- worked with Rodriguez to
torpedo the film and game, contacting Wozniak and his wife Janet
and telling them that the owner of ITN "was a fraud and a con
man."

Wozniak subsequently pulled his support for the game, the suit
says, destroying the profit potential for the game.

The suit, which alleges intentional interference with economic
relations, defamation and false light, and civil conspiracy,
claims that ITN is out "at least $11 million dollars" in
revenue that the game could have provided.

ITN is seeking an injunction and restraining order preventing
Rodriguez and Hinojosa from making defamatory comments about the
company, plus consequential damages "of at least $11 million" and
other damages, along with interest, attorneys' fees and court
costs.

TheWrap has been unable to reach Rodriguez's lawyer in the suit.
Hinojosa has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for comment.

Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

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